Mere Christianity.

Mere Christianity is one of my favorite books. And I'm not even all the way done with it.

As you can see, the author of the book is C.S. Lewis. He's such an amazing author. I love reading him. What I'd like to do is share some of my favorite quotes thus far.

1. "God made us: invented us as a man invents an engine. A car is made to run on petrol, and it would not run properly on anything else. Now God desgined the human machine to run on Himself. He Himself is the fuel our spirits were designed to burn, or the food our spirits were designed to feed on. There is no other. That is why it is just no good asking God to make us happy in our own way without bothering about religion. God cannot give us a happiness and peace apart from Himself, because it is not there. THere is no such thing."

Now, I love this quote for many reasons. I think it is a great analogy of our spiritual life. For us to function properly, we must use God as our fuel. It's a great way to state that we should rely on God in everything we do. As a new Christian, this passage totally put it into perspective for me.

2. "It is no good asking for a simple religion. After all, real things are not simple." - "Reality, in fact, is usually something you could not have guessed." - "The problem is not smiple and the answer is not going to be simple either."

These three quotes I thought were great. When I first became a Christian, I thought it was going to be black & white. In some ways, it is black & white. But in many others, it most definitely is black, white, and every color in between. Although sometimes I struggle with a concept, I always think back to these quotes. If it were simple, it wouldn't be real.

3. "Progress means not just changing, but changing for the better."

I enjoy this quote because it takes a word and gives it deeper meaning than we usually do. I've almost alwyas just thought of progress as change. I've never really associated it with change to the better. I just really like that.


- I would really suggest this book to anyone. But I would especially suggest this book to a new Christian. C.S. Lewis covers so many wonderful things within this book. He splits the book up into smaller books. The first one is titled Right and Wrong As A Clue to the Meaning of the Universe. The second is What Christians Believe. The third is Christian Behaviour. The fourth is Beyond Personality: Or First Steps In The Doctrine of the Trinity. As you can see, this book has many parts. And they are all good!